A male contraceptive pill will eventually be produced, but it will have to overcome “the attitude of men”, the American biologist Gregory Pincus said. Pincus, the “father of the pill” for women, made that prediction when visiting Sydney – in 1964.
The pill had arrived in Australia just three years earlier, bringing the sexual revolution with it. Since then, the hormonal level and mix has been improved and long-acting contraceptives such as implants and intrauterine devices have added to women’s options.
